Douglas A. Churdar, of Greenville, for Appellant. Michael Allen Farry and David Alan Wilson, of Greenville, for Respondents.

Kellie N. Burnette appeals the circuit court's order affirming the decision of the Appellate Panel of the Worker's Compensation Commission. Burnette argues the circuit court erred in affirming because the evidence in the record does not support the Single Commissioner's findings that (1) Burnette did not injure her low back in her June 2007 accident, (2) Burnette is not permanently and totally disabled, and (3) Burnette's testimony was not credible.

James Calhoun Pruitt, Jr., of Pruitt & Pruitt of Anderson, for Appellant. David Alan Wilson of Greenville for Respondent.

Holtzman appeals the trial court's finding that Dumit was entitled to contribution. On appeal, Holtzman argues the trial court erred in finding Dumit was entitled to contribution as a matter of equity and fairness based on the parties' relationship being governed by the LLC's operating agreement and the South Carolina Uniform Limited Liability Company Act of 1996.

Edwin Pruitt Martin, Jr. of Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo, LLP, of Columbia, for Appellant. Timothy Blair Killen of Columbia SC for Respondent SC Workers's Compensation Uninsured Employers' Fund. Frank R. Warder, Jr. and Kathryn Rose Fiehrer, both of Wood & Warder, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent Thomas M. Evans Construction & Development LLC. R. Mark Davis of McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC, of Mt. Pleasant, for Respondent Thomas M. Evans Construction & Development LLC. John Steven Rodenberg of Rodenberg Callihan Davis Lohr & Syracuse, LLC, of North Charleston,for Respondent Benjamin Fortner, III.

In this appeal from the Workers' Compensation Commission (Full Commission), SUA Insurance Company (SUA) contends the full commission erred in finding that Benjamin Fortner, III, was a statutory employee of Thomas M. Evans Construction & Development, LLC (Evans Construction) at the time of Fortner's April 19, 2010 injury.

Duke K. McCall, Jr., of Smith Moore Leatherwood, LLP of Greenville, for Appellants. Michael F. Mullinax of Anderson for Respondent. V. Laniel Chapman of Chapman Byrholdt & Yon, LLP, of Anderson, for Respondent.

Terry Scott Swilling, Employee/Claimant, filed this workers' compensation action against Pride Masonry of Gaffney, Employer, and Central Mutual Insurance Company, Carrier (Pride). Pride appeals, arguing error in: (1) the calculation of Swilling's average weekly wage; (2) the finding of permanent and total disability; (3) the finding that an injury to Swilling's leg was proximately caused by his work-related injury; and (4) the award of a lump sum payment.

Assistant Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hackett, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Julie Kate Keeney, of Columbia, for Respondent. Solicitor William Walter Wilkins, III, of Greenville, for Respondent,

Thomas E. Gilliland appeals his convictions for violating an order of protection and first-degree burglary. He argues the trial court erred in declining to direct a verdict of acquittal on the first-degree burglary charge. He further argues that if the trial court did not err in declining to direct a verdict, it erred by refusing to give a jury charge on trespass as a lesser included offense of burglary.

Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek and Assistant Appellate Defender David Alexander, both of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Senior Assistant Attorney General Melody Jane Brown, all of Columbia, for Respondent. Solicitor Barry Joe Barnette of Spartanburg for Respondent.

In this appeal from a murder conviction, Norman Stoudenmire argues the trial court erred in holding his oral and written statements to police while in custody were freely and voluntarily given and argues that police intentionally kept his attorney from seeing him during the interrogation.

Assistant Appellate Defender Breen Richard Stevens of Columbia for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Assistant Attorney General Alphonso Simon, Jr., all of Columbia. for Respondent. Solicitor Douglas A. Barfield, Jr. of Lancaster for Respondent.

Devone F. Frazier appeals his convictions for murder and possession of a knife or firearm during the commission of a violent crime. He argues the trial court committed reversible error in declining to give a self-defense charge, voluntary manslaughter charge, and castle doctrine charge. He further contends the court committed reversible error in charging the jury that malice may be inferred from the use of a deadly weapon.

Mark Ostendorff, pro se, for Appellant. Brian Steed Tatum, of Charlotte, North Carolina, for Respondent.

In this mortgage foreclosure action, Appellant Mark Ostendorff seeks review of the circuit court's order granting summary judgment to Respondent SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. on Ostendorff's counterclaim for breach of contract. Ostendorff argues that the circuit court should have denied summary judgment because SunTrust did not show the absence of a genuine issue of material fact.

Peter and Linda Justini, of Hilton Head Island, pro se for Appellants. Terry A. Finger of Finger & Fraser, PA, of Hilton Head Island, for Respondents Berkeley Hall Club, Inc., T. Duryea, and J. Selkhe. Keating L. Simons, III, of Simons & Dean, of Charleston, for Respondent John P. Reed.

Peter W. Justini and Linda J. Justini appeal the order of the master-in-equity dismissing their complaint with prejudice.

Eleanor Duffy Cleary of Law Office of Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of Columbia, and D. Reece Williams, III of Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC, of Columbia, for Appellant. George Verner Hanna, IV of Howser Newman & Besley, LLC, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this insurance coverage case, Lakeisha Smallwood appeals the circuit court's order granting Shenandoah Life insurance Company's motion for a directed verdict on the issue of whether Shenandoah proved that the insured's false statements about his illegal drug use on a life insurance application were made with the intent to deceive and defraud the company.

Jack W. Lawrence of Lawrence & Rudasill, PA, of Spartanburg, for Appellant. N. Douglas Brannon of Turnipseed & Brannon Law Firm, of Spartanburg, and John S. Nichols of Bluestein Nichols Thompson & Delgado, LLC, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this alimony modification appeal, Ray King appeals the final order of the family court for (1) failing to reduce his alimony obligation retroactive to the date of filing of the complaint, and (2) awarding retroative alimony to Patricia King in the amount of $26,004 on the basis that the findings of fact were not supported by the preponderance of the evidence.

Mary Leigh Arnold of Mary Leigh Arnold, PA, of Mt. Pleasant, for Appellant. Thomas E. Lydon of McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this mortgage foreclosure action, Kathleen Coffaro argues the master-in-equity erred in denying her motion to vacate the foreclosure order and enjoin further foreclosure sale proceedings, and in denying her motion to reconsider.

Bernard E. Ferrara, Jr. of North Charleston, for Appellant. Bradley Allen Mitchell of North Charleston for Appellant. Joseph Dawson, III, of Charleston, for Appellant. Austin Adams Bruner, of North Charleston, for Appellant. Stanley Clarence Rodgers of Law Office of Stanley C. Rodgers, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent.

In this appeal from the administrative law court (ALC), the Charleston County Assessor (the Assessor) challenges the valuation placed on certain condominium units by the Charleston County Board of Assessment Appeals. In addition, the Assessor claims LMP Properties, Inc. (LMP) is barred from arguing the applicability of Lindsey v. Tamsburg et al., 302 S.C. 504, 397 S.E.2d 95 (1990), on appeal because LMP failed to appeal the ALC's final order that declined to address the applicability of the Tamsburg case.

Clarke W. McCants, III, of Nance, McCants & Massey, of Aiken, for Appellant. James Martin Harvey, Jr., of Harvey & Kulmala, of Barnwell, for Respondents.

In this insurance coverage dispute, Empire Fire and Marine Insurance Co. argues the circuit court erred in holding that the insurance policy it issued to R.B. Recovery and Retail, LLC provided underinsured motorists coverage for injuries one of RB Recovery's members sustained while driving a respossessed tractor.

Charles R. Griffin, Jr., of Anderson, for Appellant. Bradley Keith Richardson of Bradley K. Richardson, P.C., of Anderson, for Respondent.

Peggy Gray appeals the master-in-equity's decision to permit Plantation Federal Bank to proceed with its foreclosure action against Gray. Gray asserts her counterclaims against Plantation Federal Bank are compulsory and legal in nature; thus, she is entitled to a jury trial on those claims prior to the commencement of the foreclosure proceedings.

Charles R. Griffin, Jr., of Anderson, for Appellant. Bradley Keith Richardson of Bradley K. Richardson, P.C., of Anderson, for Respondent.

J. Charles Gray appeals the master-in-equity's decision to permit Plantation Federal Bank to proceed with its foreclosure action against Gray. Gray asserts his counterclaims against Plantation Federal Bank are compulsory and legal in nature; thus, he is entitled to a jury trial on those claims prior to the commencement of the foreclosure proceedings.

C. Rauch Wise of Greenwood for Appellant. Frank L. Valenta, Jr., Philip S. Porter, and Linda Annette Grice, all of Blythewood for Respondent.

Appellant Krystal Chisolm appeals the suspension of her driver's license after she refused to take a breath alcohol test, arguing the Administrative Law Court (ALC) erred in interpreting the term "refusal" in section 56-5-2951 of the South Carolina Code (Supp. 2011).

Stephen Peterson Groves, Sr. and Paul A. Dominick, both of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Charleston, for Appellants. Ronald K. Wray, II, and James D. Brice of Gallivan White & Boyd, PA, of Greenville, for Respondents. Laura Gaillard Simons of Clawson & Staubes, LLC, of Daniel Island, SC for Respondents.

This appeal arises from a negligence action to recover damages alleged from a train derailment accident. On appeal, Appellant James Marin argues the trial court erred in granting summary judgment.

Stephen Peterson Groves, Sr. and Paul A. Dominick, both of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Charleston, for Appellant. Frances Groberg Zacher, Stephanie G. Flynn and Ronald K. Wray, II, all of Gallivan White & Boyd, PA, of Greenville, for Respondents.

This appeal arises from a negligence action to recover damages alleged from a train derailment accident. On appeal, Appellant Stella Woodward argues the trial court erred in granting summary judgment.

Katherine Carruth Goode of Winnnsboro for Appellant. Calvin Leon Goodwin of Winnsboro for Respondent. Shannon Lee Felder of Solomon Law Group, LLC, of Columbia, for Guardian Ad Litem.

From an order of the family court, Mother appeals the court's findings that she abused and neglected her child and that she should be entered into the Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect. Mother asserts the preponderance of evidence does not support the court's findings because the alleged abuse and neglect was based on conduct of mother prior to the birth of her child, when Mother did not know she was pregnant. Mother further contends the family court erroneously admitted hearsay testimony concerning alleged drug test results, as well as erroneously admitted the results of alleged drug tests without a proper foundation.

Brian C. Gambrell of McCabe, Trotter, Gambrell and Beverly, PC, of Columbia, for Appellants. Donald Ryan McCabe, Jr., and Stephanie Carol Trotter, both of Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC, of Columbia, for Appellants. Chace Damon Campbell of Chace Campbell, PA, of Greenville, for Respondent.

This appeal arises from an action filed by Respondent General Air Conditioning Services Corporation to enforce a mechanic's lien and collect money claimed for services performed on HVAC units on property owned by Appellant B&B Development of Anderson, LLC. After some discovery, General Air successfully moved for summary judgment. B&B appeals, arguing it had presented evidence that General Air provided defective work and materials and caused damage to the roof of its building.

In this action for negligent misrepresentation, Appellants, Gregory Gottschlich and Donald McNeil, seek review of an order of the Master-in-Equity granting summary judgment against them on all of their legal claims. Appellants challenge the master's conclusion that their legal claims were barred due to the expiration of the statute of limitations, S.C. Code Ann. § 15-3-530.

Dwight Christopher Moore of Moore Law Firm, LLC, of Sumter, for Appellant. Daniel R Settana, Jr. and Temus C. Miles, Jr., both of McKay Cauthen Settana & Stubley, PA, of Columbia, for Respondent.

After suffering injuries in a car wreck, Dominic Vaughn sued the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) under the South Carolina Tort Claims Act. On appeal, Vaughn argues the circuit court erred in granting SCDOT's motion for summary judgment.

Brian Patrick Murphy of Brian Murphy Law Firm, PC, of Greenville, for Appellant. John S. Nichols and Blake Alexander Hewitt, both of Bluestein Nichols Thompson & Delgado, LLC, of Columbia, for Appellant. William W. Wilkins and Kirsten Elena Small, both of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Greenville, for Respondent. Ray E. Jones and Michael Enrico Kozlarek, both of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina City and County Management Association.

In this wrongful termination action, Appellant Michael Cunningham seeks review of the circuit court's order granting summary judgment to Respondent Anderson County. Cunningham assigns error to the circuit court's conclusion that Cunningham's employment contract was void and unenforceable. Cunningham also challenges the circuit court's conclusion that Cunningham may not claim protection under the public policy exception to the at-will employment doctrine.

John D. Elliott, of Law Offices of John D. Elliott, of Columbia, for Appellant. John Fulton Knobeloch, of King & Knobeloch, PC, of Mt. Pleasant, for Respondents Carrie Shockley & Patrick Shockley. Rose-Marie Theis Carlisle of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Columbia, and Newman Jackson Smith of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Charleston, for Respondent Patrick Blaine Shockley. John Corbitt Hinson, III, of Rock Hill, for Respondent CCDSS. Sean Fredrick Keefer of Sean F. Keefer, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent Jessica Bradley. Joshua Keith Roten, of Charleston, for Guardian Ad Litem Rachel Fitzpatrick.

Leland B. Greeley, of Leland B. Greeley, PA, of Rock Hill, for Appellant. Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Leo David Lemire appeals his convictions on charges of lynching, conspiracy, and presenting and pointing a firearm, arguing (1) the trial judge erred in submitting his entire charge to the jury in written form, (2) the trial judge should have directed a verdict on the lynching and conspiracy charges, (3) the trial judge erred in instructing the jury that it could infer that all persons present as members of a mob when an act of violence is committed are guilty as principals.

John Dunlap Rhea, of Fairview, NC and C. Rauch Wise, of Greenwood, for Appellant. Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Francis Larmand appeals his convictions for second-degree lynching, conspiracy, and pointing and presenting a firearm, arguing the trial court erred in (1) submitting his written charge to the jury; (2) failing to direct a verdict on the charge of lynching when the State failed to prove either defendant committed an act of violence upon Ryan Lochbaum or a premeditated intent to commit an act of violence upon another person; (3) failing to direct a verdict on the charge of conspiracy when the State failed to prove any facts that would reasonably support an agreement between himself and Leo Lemire to inflict an act of violence upon Lochbaum; (4) failing to direct a verdict on the charge of pointing and presenting a firearm when the State failed to prove a conspiracy between Larmand and Lemire or present any evidence sufficient to convict Larmand for pointing and presenting a firearm; and (5) charging the jury they may infer that all persons who were present as members of a mob when an act of violence was committed are guilty as principals.

Marshall H. Waldron, Jr., and Matthew David Cavender, both of Griffith Sadler & Sharp, PA, of Beaufort, for Appellant. John S. Nichols of Bluestein Nichols Thompson & Delgado, LLC, of Columbia, for Respondents. H. Woodrow Gooding and Mark Brandon Tinsley, both of Gooding & Gooding, PA, of Allendale, for Respondents.

Hampton County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) appeals the trial court's granting of summary judgment in favor of Maria and Martin Curiel. On appeal, EMS argues the trial court erred in precluding it from asserting the affirmative defense that it is a governmental entity and as such is entitled to immunity from liability pursuant to the Torts Claims Act.

J. Lewis Cromer and Julius Wistar Babb, IV, both of J. Lewis Cromer & Associates, LLC, of Columbia, for Appellant. Steven Michael Pruitt of McDonald Patrick Poston Hemphill & Roper, LLC, of Greenwood, for Respondent.

Ammie McNeil appeals from the trial court's order granting the South Carolina Department of Corrections' (SCDC) motion to dismiss McNeil's claims for due process violations, public policy discharge, defamation, negligence, and gross negligence. McNeil argues the court erred in finding (1) she failed to state a claim for public policy discharge on the face of the complaint because she pled she was terminated after complaining about institutional safety violations and testifying after being subpoenaed in a civil trial; (2) her defamation claim against SCDC could not go forward because she pled SCDC made and published statements that insinuated she was unfit in her business and profession; and (3) her cause of action for violations of due process against SCDC could not go forward because SCDC investigated the death of an inmate three years prior to her termination and during those three years did not give her any indication that her job was in jeopardy.

Charles J. Hodge of Hodge Law, PC, of Spartanburg, and Timothy Ryan Langley, of Hodge & Langley Law Firm, PC, of Spartanburg, for Appellant. Andrew F. Lindemann of Davidson & Lindemann, PA, of Columbia, and Howard W. Paschal, Jr., of Greenville, for Respondent.

In this medical malpractice action, James E. Gibson, III appeals the trial court's (1) admission of a summary as evidence, (2) failure to grant a mistrial after Christopher Wright, M.D. asked about Gibson's social security benefits, and (3) excluding as hearsay Gibson's questions to Wright about an expert's deposition.

J. Falkner Wilkes of Greenville for Appellant. Kenneth C. Porter of Porter & Rosenfeld of Greenville for Respondent.

Karen Wise Ferguson appeals a divorce decree, arguing (1) the family court erred in failing to award her sufficient permanent periodic alimony and (2) certain property that Respondent Bruce Linton Ferguson either inherited or purchased with inherited funds had been transmuted into marital property and therefore should have been included in the marital estate.

John Martin Foster, of Rock Hill, for Appellant. Thomas Franklin McDow, IV of Law Office of Thomas F. McDow and Lucy L. McDow, both of Rock Hill, for Respondent.

Wesley E. Snipes appeals the order of the family court setting child support, determining Snipes's child support arrearage, and holding past due attorney's fees were not discharged by Snipes's bankruptcy.

Tommy Arthur Thomas, of Irmo, for Appellant. Assistant Attorney General Christina J. Catoe, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Mario Tynes appeals his convictions for burglary, armed robbery, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and unlawful carrying of a pistol, arguing (1) the trial court should have suppressed certain evidence based on the lack of probable cause, (2) the trial court should have allowed testimony that a co-defendant's agreement to cooperate with the State included the threat of polygraph testing if the co-defendant reneged, and (3) the trial court erred in denying his request to prevent the DNA expert from testifying that he could not be excluded as a contributor of the DNA found on a gun recovered from the car in which he was riding when he was apprehended.

James Mixon Griffin of Lewis Babcock & Griffin, LLP, of Columbia, for Appellant. Thomas Whatley Bunch, II of Robinson McFadden & Moore, PC, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this action brought by J. Mars Sapp to collect rent obligations, Will Wheeler appeals from a verdict against him for $252,798, arguing the trial court erred in (1) denying his motion for directed verdict on the claim for future damages because there was no evidence the reasonable rental value at the time of termination was less than the reserved rent under the lease; (2) refusing to grant his motion for directed verdict because Sapp failed to bring an action to enforce the guarantee against Wheeler within three years after P.I. Leasing and Southern Resort Properties, Inc. ceased making rent payments; (3) denying his request for a jury charge on the three year statute of limitations for a breach of contract action; (4) denying his motion for a new trial because the verdict was irreconcilably inconsistent and excessive; and (5) denying his motion for a new trial under the thirteenth juror doctrine because the verdict was inconsistent, reflected jury confusion, and was excessive.

Ray E. Chandler of Coffey, Chandler, Kent & McKenzie, P.A., of Manning. for Appellant. J. Edward Bell, III and James Bernice Moore, III of Bell Legal Group, of Georgetown, for Appellant. Mason A. Summers, Anthony E. Rebollo, and Francis Marion Mack, all of Richardson Plowden & Robinson, PA, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Patricia Johnson appeals the circuit court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Moore, Beauston & Woodham, LLP (MBW) in this negligence action. Johnson argues the circuit court erred in finding MBW, an accounting firm retained by Johnson's former employer, owed no duty of care to her as a third party.

Mary Leigh Arnold of Mary Leigh Arnold, PA, of Mt. Pleasant, for Appellants. Martin Kyle Thompson of Clawson & Staubes, LLC, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Buncombe Professional Park, LLC (Buncombe) and David DeCarlis (collectively Appellants) appeal the Master-In-Equity's (Master) reformation of Independence National Bank's (Independence) mortgage for the purpose of placing it in a superior position to DeCarlis's mortgage. Appellants also appeal the Master's additional finding that under equitable subrogation, Independence had a first and superior mortgage.

Brian Edward Sopp and and Kay Gaffney Crowe, both of Barnes Alford Stork & Johnson, LLP, of Columbia, for Appellants. Tiffany R. Spann-Wilder of The Spann-Wilder Law Firm, LLC, of North Charleston, for Respondent.

American Spiral Weld Pipe Co. and Hartford Casualty Insurance argue the circuit court erred in affirming the Workers' Compensation Commission's Appellate Panel's findings that (1) Louis Mack, III suffered a change of condition to his neck, and (2) Mack's initial filing of a Form 50 regarding his change of condition tolled the statute of limitations.

Assistant Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Senior Assistant Attorney General Melody Jane Brown, all of Columbia, and Solicitor David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of Orangeburg, for Respondent.

Ralph B. Coleman appeals his convictions of armed robbery, burglary, and murder, challenging the trial court's denial of his severance motion, the denial of his motion to suppress an identification of him, and the denial of his motion to suppress a photograph of a rifle.